...Eye looked to eye,—but quivering as they met, Scarce dared to trust the rapturous gazing yet. . . Thrice, at the bidding of the priest, they came With...order due Into the blazing fire the parched grain throw, And toward her face the scented smoke she drew ; While softly wreathing o'er her cheek it hung....

...gazing yet. A pair most lovely ! 'T was a goodly sight, As round the fire they walked in solemn rite; Like Day and starry Midnight, when they meet In the broad plains at holy MEBU'S feet. Then, at the Priest's command, the lady threw On the pure flame the grain in order...

...resembles that in the poem of the "War-God:" in either case, the bride and bridegroom are compared to— " Day and starry midnight, when they meet In the broad plains, at holy Meru's feet." And, in either case, the lady, at the bidding of the priest, throws grain into the...

...the hands of the god and goddess,"76 Kálidása thus continues his description of the rites :— " Around the fire in solemn rite they trod — The lovely...Day and starry Midnight when they meet In the broad plaine at lofty Atom's feet. Thrice at the bidding of the priest they came With swimming eyes around...

...Kdliddsa thus continues his description of the rites : — " Around the fire in Bolemn rite they (rod— The lovely lady and the glorious god ; Like Day and...Midnight when they meet In the broad plains at lofty Xeru't feet. Thrice at the bidding of the priest they came With swimming eyes around the holy Same...

...adored, — In humhle robes arrayed, the pom]) and pride Of glorious deity were laid aside. # * * # * Around the fire in solemn rite they trod — The lovely lady and the glorious god ; Like Puy and starry Midnight when they meet In the hroad plains at lofty Meru's feet. Thrice at the bidding...

...their beauty, when two lovers stand Eye tixt on eye, hand fondly linkt iu hand ! Then how, nnblamcd, may mortal minstrel dare To paint in words the beauty...God ; Like day and starry midnight when they meet ln the broad plains at lofty MEKU'S feet. Thriee at the bidding of the priest they came With swimming...

...god adored, — In humble robes arrayed, the pomp and pride Of glorious deity were laid aside. ****** Around the fire in solemn rite they trod — The lovely...plains at lofty Meru's feet. * Thrice at the bidding or the priest they came With swimming eyes around the holy flame ; Then at his word the Bride in order...

...the celestial and of the terrestrial Pole, and that, in seeking to answer the question as to the " Around the fire in solemn rite they trod, The lovely...Midnight when they meet In the broad plains at lofty Menfsfeet." (Griffiths' Translation of Kumara Sambhava, or The Birth of the War-God. London, 1879.)...

...the celestial and of the terrestrial Pole, and that, in seeking to answer the question as to the " Around the fire in solemn rite they trod, The lovely lady and the glorious god ; Lihe Day and starry Midnight when they meet In the broad plains at lofty Meru's feet." (Griffiths'...